Tales and SketchesJ. & J. Harper, 1829 - 248 páginas |
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... occasion for your advice at the present time , " responded the Squatter , as he led the way into the house , evidently displeased at being forced to act the part of host whether he would or not . The law- yer followed him , with a short ...
... occasion for your advice at the present time , " responded the Squatter , as he led the way into the house , evidently displeased at being forced to act the part of host whether he would or not . The law- yer followed him , with a short ...
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... name , and would start when he perceived that a question had been addressed to him . His little sister , too , on one occasion , when asked by some one what was her name , answered something else than Wilson ; 30 TALES AND SKETCHES .
... name , and would start when he perceived that a question had been addressed to him . His little sister , too , on one occasion , when asked by some one what was her name , answered something else than Wilson ; 30 TALES AND SKETCHES .
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... occasion to fasten a quarrel on his foster - brother , and the foolish boys were only prevented , by the interference of pa- rental authority , from settling their difference " in an , honourable manner , " as the sprigs of fashionable ...
... occasion to fasten a quarrel on his foster - brother , and the foolish boys were only prevented , by the interference of pa- rental authority , from settling their difference " in an , honourable manner , " as the sprigs of fashionable ...
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... occasion to mention . Since he had been taken into custody as a witness in the important cause which was now under trial , he had suffered much from sickness ; and when he mounted the stand he trembled like an aspen leaf , from the ...
... occasion to mention . Since he had been taken into custody as a witness in the important cause which was now under trial , he had suffered much from sickness ; and when he mounted the stand he trembled like an aspen leaf , from the ...
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... of guilt in his countenance . They had scarcely reached the room , into which the whole group also rushed , im- pelled by the irrepressible curiosity which men always feel on such occasions , before the rattling of a 76 TALES AND SKETCHES .
... of guilt in his countenance . They had scarcely reached the room , into which the whole group also rushed , im- pelled by the irrepressible curiosity which men always feel on such occasions , before the rattling of a 76 TALES AND SKETCHES .
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acquaintance agitated Amelia answered apartment arrival Ashford beautiful Betty boat bosom Buckhorn Cæsar called Captain Belton Catharine Charles Rivington cheeks circumstances cloak countenance court cried Dayton death Doctor door dress ejaculated Eleanor Emma endeavoured eyes Facias Fanny feelings fell fire Fred Gerard glance guilty hand happy heard heart heaven hero honour horse hostler hour innocence judge Judy jury landlord lawyer length linsey-woolsey lips looking magistrate massa master mind morning Mungo murder nature ness New-York night occasion occurrence OTHELLO pale passed person poor prairie prisoner racter ratline reached reader replied returned rifle road Rumley sailer scarcely scene Searchly seat seemed seen side Silversight sloop soon Squatter Stanley steamboat stranger Summerville taffarel tears thing thought tion tone took trembling turned uncon vessel village voice vols whisper wide prairies William Wilson witness Woodville words young
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Página 20 - Co. of the said district, have deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof they claim as proprietors, in the words following, to wit : " Tadeuskund, the Last King of the Lenape.
Página 189 - Man's love is of man's life a thing apart, 'Tis woman's whole existence; man may range The court, camp, church, the vessel, and the mart, Sword, gown, gain, glory, offer in exchange Pride, fame, ambition, to fill up his heart, And few there are whom these cannot estrange: Men have all these resources, we but one, To love again, and be again undone.
Página 89 - On beds of green sea-flowers thy limbs shall be laid; Around thy white bo-nes the red coral shall grow ; Of thy fair yellow locks threads of amber be made ; And every part suit to thy mansion below.
Página 188 - Sincerity, Thou first of virtues! let no mortal leave Thy onward path, although the earth should gape, And from the gulf of hell destruction cry, To take dissimulation's winding way.
Página 20 - And also to the act, entitled, " An act supplementary to an act, entitled, ' An act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts, and books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies during the time therein mentioned,' and extending the benefits thereof to the arts of designing, engraving, and etching historical and other prints.